In an interview with WNYW-TV, Colleen Paschke says the video is misleading and really shows the Patriots fans attacking her son.

“Yes a guy should not hit a girl or a woman,” Colleen Paschke said, “but if you are going to get a maniac girl how much abuse are you supposed to take before you defend yourself?”

Aside from the video, reports are now focusing on Kurt’s criminal past. The New York Daily News reported the bartender was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after he fatally stabbed a Long Island teen in 1992.

His mother confirmed the homicide charge, but said her son is a different person from when he was 17.